Television and Radio

At the 2026 Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, Dr. Chad Hanson joined a group of experienced voices to examine how collaborative groups are influencing decisions across public lands. This panel takes a candid look at these concerns and questions whether collaboratives groups are truly serving our public lands or undermining them.

Dr. Chad Hanson of the John Muir Project share a presentation about the most misunderstood tree on Earth—giant sequoias—and their struggle to survive our war on wildfires at the 2026 Public Interest Environmental Law Conference.

At the 2026 Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, Dr. Chad Hanson shares new research about the influence of dense forests on fire intensity. Unsurprisingly, the study found no meaningful link between how long a forest has gone without fire and how severely it burns.

In 2020 and 2021, the Castle and KNP Complex fires burned through Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park and Giant Sequoia National Monument in California, igniting a government and media firestorm. In June 2025, a team of researchers visited Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park and found something remarkable. Watch our film, The Great Big Giant Sequoia Scam!

Methow Forest Forum | Dr. Chad Hanson joined in a powerful community meeting in the Methow Valley focused on protecting our forests while pursuing ecologically responsible wildfire safety in communities. Upon clicking the video, Dr. Chad Hanson’s presentation should be marked at its start (if not, his panel begins at 18 minutes, 20 seconds).

KNX Radio | Dr. Chad Hanson shares his insights on the ‘Zone 0 Plan,’ i.e., defensible space measures, that CalFire has gotten backwards. He believes the existing defensible space rules are unclear at the moment.

Currently, disinformation about this relationship is being used as a primary political talking point to promote destructive logging measures and environmental rollbacks, including national bills and policies that mostly pertain to non-sequoia forests.

Green Root Podcast | On episode 92 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we get scorched by FOREST FIRE MALFEASANCE (ForestFireMalfeasance.org), a new report exposing a government coverup of peer-reviewed science to promote logging on public lands, with Dr. Chad Hanson, research ecologist and director of John Muir Project.

Center for Responsible Forestry | Dr. Chad Hanson is invited to speak with a new kind of book club – where stories spark action, ideas grow into movements, and love for forests bring people together – that has just finished his book, “Smokescreen: Debunking Wildfire Myths to Save Our Forests and Our Climate”. He makes a powerful, evidence-based case for rethinking fire – seeing it not as a disaster, but as an essential part of forest health and climate resilience.

Adam Bronstein interviews Dr. Chad Hanson about the unique ecological role of giant sequoias and the critical importance of high-intensity fires for their reproduction. Chad outlines the widespread misunderstanding among policymakers and the public about these majestic trees and forests, emphasizing that low-intensity fires do not provide the conditions needed for giant sequoia regeneration.